• Now It's The Scientist Who Must Evolve — Or Go The Way Of The Dodo. In the wake of attacks on the research enterprise, scientists need to focus on protecting its fragile infrastructure. But they must also adapt to a new world. https://worldcrunch.com/tech-science/science-funding-and-challenges 13 comments 5/4/2025 science
• The Benjamin Button Effect: Scientists Unlock The Key To Reversing Aging https://worldcrunch.com/tech-science/cellular-reprogramming-reverse-aging 85 comments 16/9/2022 futurology
• Cuba Up To Old Tricks, A New Crackdown On Dissenting Artists https://worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/cuba-up-to-old-tricks-a-new-crackdown-on-dissenting-artists 3 comments 27/11/2020 worldnews
• Can A Libyan Warlord Help Europe Solve The Migrant Crisis? - Worldcrunch https://www.worldcrunch.com/migrant-lives-1/can-a-libyan-warlord-help-europe-solve-the-migrant-crisis 11 comments 30/6/2017 europe
• China’s Worrying 1%, Wealth Inequality Of Epic Proportions - A new study shows income and asset inequality in China has reached epic proportions, with the top undertaxed and the bottom at grave social risk because of a lack of civil protection. http://www.worldcrunch.com/opinion-analysis/china-s-worrying-1-wealth-inequality-of-epic-proportions/c7s20494/ 44 comments 5/2/2016 worldnews
• China’s Worrying 1%, Wealth Inequality Of Epic Proportions - A new study shows income and asset inequality in China has reached epic proportions, with the top undertaxed and the bottom at grave social risk because of a lack of civil protection. http://www.worldcrunch.com/opinion-analysis/china-s-worrying-1-wealth-inequality-of-epic-proportions/c7s20494/ 3 comments 5/2/2016 worldevents
• In Central Tunisia, Birthplace Of Arab Spring Now Jihad Hotbed: "A preliminary report by the United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries, published in early July, suggests that some 5,500 Tunisians have left to country to fight" http://www.worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/in-central-tunisia-birthplace-of-arab-spring-now-jihad-hotbed/c1s19620/ 2 comments 17/9/2015 worldnews
• 'At War With ISIS' - Sunni Islam's Spiritual Leader El-Tayeb Speaks Out http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/-amp-39-at-war-with-isis-amp-39-sunni-islam-amp-39-s-spiritual-leader-el-tayeb-speaks-out/egypt-islam-isis-muslim-brotherhood-religion/c3s19033/#.vxkrxnwlxbc 5 comments 11/6/2015 worldnews
• Why Russia Is Abandoning The International Space Station http://www.worldcrunch.com/tech-science/why-russia-is-abandoning-the-international-space-station/mir-international-space-station-elon-musk-space-x-nasa/c4s18020/#.vmzsajvlfhg 14 comments 31/1/2015 space
• France, Six Terror Attacks In Three Years Should Have Raised Alarm http://www.worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/france-six-terror-attacks-in-three-years-that-should-have-raised-alarms/charlie-hebdo-terrorism-history/c1s17890/#.vk9gnpldwo5 7 comments 9/1/2015 europe
• In India, The World's First Vegetarian City :After monks went on a hunger strike to push for a citywide ban on animal slaughter, the local government declared Palitana a meat-free zone. But the city's Muslims are not happy. http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/in-india-the-world-039-s-first-vegetarian-city/india-palitana-food-meat-fish-gujarat/c3s17132/#.vded6cldxib 147 comments 10/10/2014 india
• Palitana, India becomes the world's first entirely vegetarian city after a hunger strike from the city's 200 Jain monks. http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/in-india-the-world-039-s-first-vegetarian-city/india-palitana-food-meat-fish-gujarat/c3s17132/#.vdw3zraeizr 63 comments 8/10/2014 worldnews
• Why Arming The Kurds Is A Double-Edged Sword http://www.worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/why-arming-the-kurds-is-a-double-edged-sword/islamic-state-isis-oil-independence-kurdistan-armament-aid/c1s16810/#.u_axpwomvxu 5 comments 22/8/2014 worldevents
• Germany's Blindness On Russia, A Polish Viewpoint http://www.worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/germany-039-s-blindness-on-russia-a-polish-viewpoint/merkel-putin-poland-kiev/c1s16195/ 140 comments 14/6/2014 europe
• Germany Will Ban Tech Companies That Play Ball With NSA - No federal contracts will go to companies that turn over data to the NSA or other agencies. There may, however, be one crucial exemption http://www.worldcrunch.com/tech-science/germany-will-ban-tech-companies-that-play-ball-with-nsa/data-it-sensitive-personal-information-snowden-csc/c4s15966/ 177 comments 16/5/2014 worldnews
• Syria's Silent War Crime: Systematic Mass Rape http://www.worldcrunch.com/syria-crisis/syria-039-s-silent-war-crime-systematic-mass-rape/human-rights-prison-torture-assad-free-syrian-army/c13s15245/#.uyx-k86e97f 11 comments 16/3/2014 worldnews
• China's New Silk Road Must Pass Through Middle East (Short Article) http://www.worldcrunch.com/business-finance/china-039-s-new-silk-road-must-pass-through-middle-east/china-israel-west-asia-wang-yi-railway/c2s15078/ 4 comments 12/3/2014 geopolitics
• Op-Ed: The Truth About Venezuela's Popular Opposition http://www.worldcrunch.com/opinion-analysis/the-truth-about-venezuela-039-s-popular-opposition/chavez-protests-kiev-capriles-perez-maduro/c7s15146/ 3 comments 2/3/2014 worldevents
• Kremlin slips bugs into G20 summit gift bags http://www.worldcrunch.com/default/russia-039-s-quot-poisoned-gift-quot-of-usb-memory-sticks-to-spy-on-g20-world-leaders/usb-key-st.-petersburg-g20-snowden/c0s13896/#.um-rrx2ntsu 3 comments 30/10/2013 worldnews
• Carla Bruni Forgets Her Lyrics... At Alzheimer's Charity Concert http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/carla-bruni-forgets-her-lyrics...-at-alzheimer-039-s-charity-concert/carla-bruni-sarkozy-memory-alzheimer/c3s13539/#.ukyjerx56me 6 comments 28/9/2013 nottheonion
• Three Massacres In 48 Hours: The Bloody Flag Of Jihad http://www.worldcrunch.com/rss/world-affairs/three-massacres-in-48-hours-the-bloody-flag-of-jihad/jihad-boko-haram-al-shabab-jundallah/c1s13502/#.uklgcyrppek 8 comments 25/9/2013 worldnews
• How Egypt Is Systematically Hunting Down The Muslim Brotherhood http://www.worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/how-egypt-is-systematically-hunting-down-the-muslim-brotherhood/egypt-muslim-brotherhood-hunt-on-the-run/c1s13368/#.ujusud-ww84 20 comments 15/9/2013 worldnews
• Not Just Russia: Italy, Other Europeans Sold Plenty Of Weapons To Syria http://www.worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/not-just-russia-italy-other-europeans-sold-plenty-of-weapons-to-syria/arms-syria-italy-weapons-embargo/c1s13307/ 32 comments 7/9/2013 worldnews
• Why China Is Still No Superpower http://www.worldcrunch.com/business-finance/why-china-is-still-no-superpower/china-usa-economy-superpower-confucius/c2s12860/ 45 comments 2/8/2013 geopolitics
• A Response In Japan To Low Birthrates And Labor Shortage: Humanoid Robots - "They can be up to 80% as productive as humans." http://www.worldcrunch.com/rss/tech-science/a-response-in-japan-to-low-birthrates-and-labor-shortage-humanoid-robots/japan-robots-humanoids-factory-assembly/c4s12052/#.UaSCH8c5KAk.reddit 19 comments 28/5/2013 robotics
• French, Catholic And Proud: Gay Marriage Battle Fuels New Kind Of Youth Revolution http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/french-catholic-and-proud-gay-marriage-battle-fuels-new-kind-of-youth-revolution/catholics-religion-politics-nicolas-sarkozy-gay-marriage/c3s11793/ 37 comments 15/5/2013 europe
• Turkey's Most Famous Pianist Convicted For "Blasphemous" Tweets http://www.worldcrunch.com/rss/culture-society/turkey-039-s-most-famous-pianist-convicted-for-quot-blasphemous-quot-tweets/freedom-of-speech-pianist-turkish-faz-l-say/c3s11477/#.uxcq-4iylx4 3 comments 24/4/2013 worldnews
• Massive Swirl Of Ocean Debris To Be Designated New State By UN http://www.worldcrunch.com/tech-science/massive-swirl-of-ocean-debris-to-be-designated-new-state-by-un/garbage-patch-state-unesco-pollution-un/c4s11327/ 8 comments 3/4/2013 nottheonion
• How Japan Uses Low Crime Rates To Justify Its Cruel Prison System: The death penalty is alive and well in the land of the rising sun -- and death row is particularly wretched. http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/how-japan-uses-low-crime-rates-to-justify-its-cruel-prison-system/japan-death-row-shinzo-abe-justice/c3s11124/#.uumtyvd4_6k 9 comments 20/3/2013 worldnews
• Disgraced Former German Defense Minister Is "Distinguished Statesman" In US http://www.worldcrunch.com/eyes-on-the-u.s./disgraced-former-german-defense-minister-is-quot-distinguished-statesman-quot-in-us/germany-karl-theodor-guttenberg-csis/c5s11132/#.UUWPj1fxdf0 5 comments 17/3/2013 germany
• Mexican Farmers Turn Into Vigilantes To Fight Narco Traffickers http://worldcrunch.com/source-partner/culture-society/mexican-farmers-turn-into-vigilantes-to-fight-narco-traffickers/el-mezon-guererro-ayutla-community-police/c3s10922/#.usv29qwllq9 20 comments 25/2/2013 worldnews
• Inside A Secret CIA Prison In The Polish Countryside: Documents reveal how American intelligence officers turned a secret training center for Polish security forces into one of the controversial "black site" prisons for terrorism suspects http://www.worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/exclusive-inside-a-secret-cia-prison-in-the-polish-countryside/scandal-torture-prisoners-black-sites-szymany/c1s10876/#.uryzbm_gnqq 207 comments 9/2/2013 worldnews
• Turkish Creationist TV - Using Sex Appeal To Sell Islamic Fundamentalism http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/turkish-creationist-tv-using-sex-appeal-to-sell-islamic-fundamentalism/religion-creationism-darwin-koran-islam-oktar/c3s10844/#.urxzmwfkkb0 4 comments 9/2/2013 worldnews
• A Kurdish People, The Kurdish Questions: The killing of three Kurdish activists in Paris shines new light on a longstanding fact of a millions of people spread across large swaths of terrritory, but with no nation of their own. http://www.worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/a-kurdish-people-the-kurdish-questions/kurdistan-pkk-ocalan-erdogan-turkey/c1s10620/#.uptgewegeb0 38 comments 15/1/2013 worldnews
• My Father's "Eviscerated" Work - Son Of Hobbit Scribe J.R.R. Tolkien Finally Speaks Out http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/my-father-039-s-quot-eviscerated-quot-work-son-of-hobbit-scribe-j.r.r.-tolkien-finally-speaks-out/hobbit-silmarillion-lord-of-rings/c3s10299/#.UMQOB5Slp4X.reddit 15 comments 9/12/2012 books
• A Colombian Tribe Fights Mining Multinationals With Bows And Arrows - Worldcrunch http://worldcrunch.com/culture-society/a-colombian-tribe-fights-mining-multinationals-with-bows-and-arrows/colombia-wayuu-el-cerrejon-tamaquito/c3s9823/#.uhmj92mhldc 41 comments 14/10/2012 worldnews
• Islam's Civil War Comes To Russia: Shiites And Sunnis Battle In The Caucasus http://www.worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/islam-039-s-civil-war-comes-to-russia-shiites-and-sunnis-battle-in-the-caucasus/extremism-dagestan-russia-tatarstan-islam-/c1s9575/#.ufm2wlgz58f 3 comments 19/9/2012 worldnews
• After Circumcision Ban, German Courts Target Child Ear-Piercing http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/after-circumcision-ban-german-courts-target-child-ear-piercing/circumcision-ear-piercing-freedom-of-religion-bris-mutilation/c3s9427/ 40 comments 1/9/2012 europe
• After Circumcision Ban, German Courts Target Child Ear-Piercing http://www.worldcrunch.com/rss/culture-society/after-circumcision-ban-german-courts-target-child-ear-piercing/circumcision-ear-piercing-freedom-of-religion-bris-mutilation/c3s9427/ 4 comments 24/8/2012 worldnews
• How The Queen Of Khat Got So Rich --- For many Africans khat is a stimulant drug that also suppresses the appetite. But the world’s biggest seller of khat isn't a typical drug dealer. She's a woman, has her own airline and is Ethiopia's businesswoman of the year http://www.worldcrunch.com/drug-trade-africa-how-queen-khat-got-so-rich/3660 3 comments 31/8/2011 worldnews